The gap analysis was conducted using a total of 95 records. Of these 5 were germplasm records and 90 were reference records.
The relationship between these observation types is recorded by a sampling representativeness score.
A buffer size of 20 was used to generate the results for the ecological and geographic representativeness score.
The average for these three scores is used to calculate a final exsitu conservation score.
Sampling Representativeness Score: 5.26.
Geographic representativeness score: 62.61
Ecological representativeness score: 100.
Final conservation score: 55.96.
Definitions of ex situ gap analysis scores are below.
The following table contains all the records that were used to generate the gap analysis results.
Germplasm Records (G) : Occurrences in which a living sample (via plant or seed) is present in an (ex situ), conservation system (i.e., botanical garden, seed bank, genebank, etc.).
Reference Records (H) : Occurrences that have a supporting herbarium or other reference record.
Ex situ: The Sampling Representativeness Score ex situ (SRS ex situ) calculates the ratio of germplasm accessions (G) available in ex situ repositories to reference/voucher (H) records for each taxon.
Ex situ: The Geographic Representativeness Score ex situ (GRS ex situ) uses a user defined km-radius buffer created around each G collection coordinate point to estimate geographic areas already well collected within the distribution of each taxon, also created using buffers around H reference points. This is calculated as the proportion of the distribution covered by the G buffers.
Ex situ: The Ecological Representativeness Score ex situ (ERS ex situ) calculates the proportion of terrestrial ecoregions represented within the G buffered areas out of the total number of ecoregions occupied by the potential distribution.
Ex situ: The Final Conservation Score ex situ (FCS ex situ) was derived by calculating the average of the three ex situ conservation metrics.
Prioritization using FSC
In considering the analysis of multiple species, FSC may be used to aid prioritize species action with Urgent Priority (UP) for further conservation action assigned when FCS < 25, High Priority (HP) assigned when 25 ≤ FCS < 50, Medium Priority (MP) when 50 ≤ FCS < 75, and Low Priority (LP) when FCS ≥75.